Unit Synopsis
In this unit students will develop financial, legal, ethical and professional skills to enable them to successfully transition to a qualified practitioner. Students will explore basic business concepts, knowledge of the ethics and law, professional regulation guidelines and the skills required to delegate tasks to supporting staff. Interviewing, resume development and contract negotiation skills will also be developed.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 4 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisites: All Year 4, Term 1 Units. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. In-class Test(s) | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Informal student feedback and Unit Coordinator reflection
Students may benefit from self-directed learning activities prior to their week 5 intensive.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator develops pre-reading activities and discussion posts for students to undertake prior to their week 5 intensive.
In 2025, pre-reading activities were uploaded for students to undertake prior to their week 5 intensive.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
It was noted that the delivery of an intensive block of lectures mid-term was successful and instrumental in creating a positive 2024 delivery of this unit and collaborated well with PODI14011.
It is recommended that the 2.5 day intensive session continues to be delivered in collaboration with PODI14011, if this is practical.
In 2025, the 2.5 day intensive session continued to be delivered in collaboration with PODI14011.
Source: Informal feedback from students; feedback from staff
Live face-to-face content delivered from Week 7 to 11 could be delivered in a more flexible online format to address the currently high Term 2 on-campus requirement for fourth-year students
It is recommended that the unit coordinator explores strategies to transition live face-to-face content delivered from Week 7 to Week 11 to more flexible online delivery methods.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain financial, legal and ethical theoretical concepts within professional practice
- Implement podiatry practice as required by the national professional and regulatory bodies, within private and public healthcare settings
- Describe the processes applicable to job search, interviews, resumes and contract negotiation
- Design and apply basic business processes applicable to starting and managing a private practice
- Analyse the social and cultural challenges faced by new allied health employees.
Podiatry Board of Australia
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||